Gearing for clothes-wringers.



' G. W. MOOREI GEARING FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1913.

1,143,299. I Patented June 15, 1915.

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G. W. MOORE.

G EARING FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-8,1913- 1,14;3,299, Patented June 15, 1915.

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azflwywj WEED same-Pi GEORGE w. Moons, or TULSA, oKnAHoMA, esslelvon T0IMPERIAL MANUFACTURING COM]? OF SAND- SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA, A CORPORATIONOF KANSAS.

.GEABING FOR CLOTHES-WBINGERS,

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented June 15, was.

Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 753,056.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Moons, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Tulsa, in the county of Tulsaand State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new anduseful Improvementsin Gearing forClothesobject is to produce a mechanism which will becapable of driving the wringer in reverse directions and be providedwith convenient means for reversing the direction of drive at will. i A

A further object is to produce a device of this character which willcompromise as fewparts and occupy as small space as 'possible and beattached directly to one of the wringershafts of a washing machine andinterposed between the wringer and the driving mechanism of the washer.

With these general objects in view,the mvention consists in certainnovel and peculiar features of construction as will appear in thefollowing description of one of .the embodiments of the same shown inconnection with a washingmachine of the oscillatory drum type,referencebeing made to the drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2, are sideand end elevations respectively of a washing machine of the oscillatorydrum type. Fig. 3, 1s a s de view of the clutch arranged in connectionwith one of the wringer shafts, the gear box being partly broken away todisclose the interior, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectlon through theclutching and reversing mechanism for the said wringer shaft.

Referring to the drawings, a washing machine 1, is shown of theoscillatory drum type having a wringer 2 .at one endand a shaft 3, to bedriven by suitable connection from a motor 4. The details of the wringeritself and those of the washer and the washer drive will not be enlargedupon since they do not form a part of my invention,

within the upper end of the'gear casing 7 and mounted loosely upon theouter end of the shaft 10 of the lower roll 5. The sprocket 9 may besecured to or formed integrally as shown with the gear 11, which is alsomounted idly on the shaft'l0. Said shaft also carries loosely a sprocketspaced from the shaft hearing by a collar 13 and 1 from the gear 11 by asleeve 14, which is keyed to the shaft 10 and carries a clutch 15slidably engaging said key. This clutch 15 is providedwith a pair ofjaws 16 on each of its opposite faces adapted to engage wlth 811111131jaws on the adjacent faces of the gear 11 and sprocket 12. The clutch isthrownconveniently, by means of a lever 17 pivoted at 18 to the gear boxand carry-' ing a yoke 19 provided with pins engaging a channel of theclutch in the usual manner. The lever carries a dog 20 adapted to engageany one of three recesses 21 at the top of the gear casing as the leveris moved to throw the clutch into engagement with the gear or sprocketor to intermediate or neutral position.

The lever is so mounted as to have slight lateral play on its pivot 18andis held normally to the right in Fig. 1, by aleaf spring 22 thusseating the lug into the recess with which it is registering.

Directly below the .wringer shaft 10 is mounted a short counter-shaft23having its opposite ends supported respectively in the shaft frame andthe outer wall of the gear casing 7 On this shaft is journaled a. gear25 meshing with'the gear 11 and provided with a sleeve hub 26 to theouter extremity of whichand vertically below sprocket 12 is secured asprocket wheel 27 Sprocket 12 is adapted to be driven from the wheel 27by means of a chain 28. v

The operation of the parts will now be readily understood. So long asthe clutch remains in intermediate positionthe wringer rolls remainmotionless and the gears 11 and 25 and wheels 12 and 27 simply turn idlyon their shafts. If the clutch be thrown to the left in Fig. 4, theshaft 10 is connected for motion with'gear 11, theother gear 25 andwheels 12 27 continuing to do no work, but if the clutch be thrown tothe right in Fig. 4, the shaft 10 will take its motion no longer" fromgear 11 but from sprocket wheel 12, which as will be apparent from aninspection of Fig. 4; rotates in a diply reversed.

rection directly opposite to that of gear 11 so that the movement of theshaft 10 is sim From the above detail description it will be seen that Ihave produced a simple and efiicient mechanism for carrying out theobjects of the invention and while the embodiment shown the same, Ireserve the right to make such changes and modifications as may properlyfall within the appended claims.

I claim 1. In operating mechanism for wringers, a wringer shaft, acontinuously driven gear wheel loosely mounted thereon, a sprocket wheelloosely mounted on said shaft, a counter shaft adjacent the wringershaft, a combination gear and sprocket wheel mounted on saidcountershaft, the gear wheel meshing with the first-named gear wheel, asprocket chain connecting the sprocket wheel element of said combinationwheel with the first-named sprocket wheel and adapted to rotate thelatter reversely to the direction of rotation of the first-named gearwheel, means to drive the said first-named is one practical form ofloosely mounted thereon, a second counter a shaft mounted beneath saidwringer shaft, a combination gear and sprocket thereon connectedoperativelv with said first-named gear and sprocket respectively, meansfor driving said first-named gear from said continuously drivencounter-shaft, and a clutch mounted on said wringer shaft between saidfirst-named gear and sprocket wheel and adapted to clutch said wringershaft for rotation with either said first-named gear or said first-namedsprocket wheel.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. MOORE.

